My Collecting Goals

Bonjour! 

I know I JUST posted, but at this point, I feel like an irregular posting schedule is kinda the trademark of this blog… like that’s just the joy of RestlessRoseDolls, no one knows what I’ll do next! Not even me! 😭🤣 Besides, I have about five other posts I’m planning/working on (two of them I’m really excited about and hopefully they will both be posted within the next three weeks!) 

Anyway, let’s circle back to my point. 

I have been waiting and waiting for the cherry tree in my front yard to blossom, but alas, (it feels so funny to say 'alas') I have a feeling I will still be waiting quite awhile. (All the other non-cherry but pink blossoming trees in my neighborhood are filling me with false hope) 

Here is the picture I took last year, because I need a cover photo:   

So I decided, that while I am so *very* im*ahem*patiently waiting, I decided I would—instead of just daydreaming about—manifest my collecting goals for this year! Because everyone knows, that a) writing down and b) sharing goals makes them more likely to come true! 

Having a post without pictures really bores me, but I don’t have any new photography (stupid wind, rain, and hail) and am not going to include reference/stock photos because a) I’m lazy and b) I don’t need angry emails of ppl saying ‘omg you stole my stuff’. (I mean you posted it on the web without a watermark, like, sue me???) 

Anyway! I really do drag out my introductions, don’t I??

My Grad Year Collecting Goals! 

Disclaimer: I’m trying to afford going to University next year, so idk how all this doll stuff will be paid for, BUT! Where there is a will, there is a way. And these are all human necessities… like obv  

Top of my priority list: The AG Gourmet Kitchen (the original aka the blue one. In my humble opinion, their gourmet kitchens get worse each time. The purple one is okay, the one for sale right now makes me loose faith in humanity. But the blue one?? With that counter space??? The photoshoots I could do oh my gosh.  Yes yes yes. 

Context: I have desperately wanted the AG gourmet kitchen forever. Not forever. But when I was…. Let’s see I didn’t get into AG until I was about… 8… and the kitchen came out… anyway! I wanted it. SO bad, but it was just too expensive and I phased out of AG shortly after… then they retired it 🥲

I’ve decided that I am officially going to save up to buy one. (Even tho the ones on eBay are mostly broken and hella expensive) Although I’m not letting myself use my work money towards it so… maybe yard sale money??? Idk how I’m going to afford one y’all. But I will get one. I’m looking at one rn that’s $100 and I’m hoping and praying it doesn’t sell. (I kinda feel like Tiana when she was praying for her Restaurant under the stars, like I am clutching onto that childhood hope) 

And maybe… you’re saying to yourself: "Lady, do you even have a place to store said kitchen?" The answer is no. But! If opportunity presents itself, I will find a spot for it. 

#2 - My Dream Doll 

What is this dream doll you may be asking??? I don’t have a lot figured out yet. However! I do know I am going to name her Porsha (I have a thing where I come up with names I just love and then have to buy a doll so I can make that name a reality. For example. We have Magnolia, Indigo, Cielo (which I’m debating on giving her the nickname Yoyo or just buying another Asian doll and having her go by Yoyo), Constance, do I need to continue??? Half of my dolls I wouldn’t own if I wasn’t a writer and didn’t like looking at name lists. Anyway! Back to Porsha! 

The problem with Porsha. Is there is not an AG skin tone dark enough to fit my vision. So I need to contact someone to see if they would hand dye a doll for me. Which I have a couple people in mind (my mom says we should just do it ourselves, but the idea of completely dismantling, dying, and then rebuilding the doll after??? I am afraid of eye swaps, okay??? Like no ma’am). Other things I have figured out: she needs dreadlocks, obv, but I have this seriously strong desire to give her light light blue eyes. Bc black skin, crystal blue eyes??? Idk. I feel like it would work! Although I’m 99% I want her to have an Addy mold, but when I think blue eyes I kinda picture her with a Josefina mold… so idk but I promise! I will have this figured out! Not quite sure if I’m ready to invest a couple hundred in a custom doll or not… *especially if I'm not sold on the face mold* but she is on my list for sure. 

#3 : I really hope to be able to add #21 to my collection! Tbh I feel like if I had her, I really would be happy with where my collection is at! (I just need to pretend the Rapunzel and Belle dolls don’t exist… I think I’m falling back on Rapunzel to make up for my… it hurts to say this… disappointment with Moana. I honestly wish I loved Moana so much more than I do. But I just— do you have dolls that you feel like look so perfect in everyone else’s collection and yet for some reason, when you try to photograph them, or they are in your collection… they just… *sadness*) Anyway! #21! With one of my repaints??? Y’all… I want to make that a reality for myself. 

#4 I don’t like the AG Beforever Julie doll (I have to specify because I have a doll that I named Julie…) but I really really want to recreate Jude. And I feel like AG Julie is a solid base to make Jude. I just… I feel like I need a Jude in my collection, you know? 

I mean, I got Caspian… idk how to really define him as a “type” bc his physical appearance and his personality are SO different, but based on appearance we will call him more my borderline juvie guy, I have Ty who is the athletic dude, AD with who is my architect/polo golfer but also surfer dude and everything in between (idk how he finds all the time for his hobbies—I really don’t), and Dylan Tate with his southern yet insanely shy vibe. 

I’m lacking a feminine dude. And I feel like my boy doll collection won’t really be complete until I have a pretty boy. So! #4! We need Jude. I got the jock, I got the gangster, and the nerd, and the cowboy. I like pretty boys, I need a pretty boy. 

#5. Speaking of AD and of eye swaps… I need to officially get AD’s eye replaced… I just… I don’t want to pay money to buy a set of brown eyes to just use one eye… and then… decide whether or not to try another eye swap (I tried one once… but I was little and it was rather traumatic for me) or pay someone to do it.  But.  It is on my ever-growing list

Moving away from the dolls!! 

About half of my collection needs new wigs 😅 most prominently is Adam, Jordi (her wig is falling apart, like the wig cap is mostly ripped so there hair isn’t secured by anything 😅), I would love to get Caroline a new wig, Dalia has been wig less for… quite some time. And Kat needs a new wig too. So….. with my Porsha wig included… grand total… with coupons… I’m about 300 deep in doll wigs, which I can try and figure out after Easter (#Lent is saving my bank account 😅) 

#6 I honestly really want a doll bike… for photo props.  Then again, when it comes to photo props, what do I not want? 😂 but seriously. A doll bike. It’s been on my wish list since I started RestlessRoseDolls. Will this be the year I get one?? Idk. But we will include it for good luck! 

Visit an AG Store!!!!! LIKE PLEASE! 

I used to love going to my state’s AG store, my parents (mostly my mom) would take me maybe two or three times a year, I would spend hours in there, I absolutely loved it. Then.  It closed 😐😐😐 yes, I am still very bitter about it. There is so much wrong with my state, they just take every good thing. So the closest one is now in LA.  I really regret not asking to go on our Cali trip two years ago… but considering how much my dad loves California… my fingers are CROSSED that we can make a roadtrip down there. (My family drives to Wisconsin okay?? That’s a 36 hour drive, minimum.  Ya, we are a little crazy. But I love it, road trips just make me happy for some weird reason) so!! Manifesting and putting it out into the universe, please please please, I wanna be able to go to an AG store again.  

Final closing thoughts. I’ve seen a few dolls (I think one is just a light skinned Kaya mold) with closed lips… and I’m like obsessed with that look??? So. Once I decide which doll to use, I will most definitely be doing that. Because… at this point it’s just a necessity.  

*can you tell by the amount of emojis I’m using that I typed this entire thing on my phone? 😂😭* 

While I didn’t include her in this list because at this point, the idea of one day actually owning her is absolutely surreal to me… in my ten years (give or take) of loving AG… Mia St Clair has been, was, and always will be, my OG dream doll, she might as well be my grail doll at this point. And one day, I will find her, and she will be part of my collection. Probably not this year, or next, but one day. So mark my words. 

manifesting, manifesting, manifesting.  

Thanks for reading! 

- RestlessRoseDolls